I last watered mine about ten days ago, so likewise having a rest for the summer. Usually I have visible small buds by now, but not this year for some reason


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Excellent. I am giving my plants the iann summer rest this year to see if I can encourage flowers, no sign of buds so far, unusually


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My Maihuenia poeppigii is seed grown, so not the Ingwersen clone, but still very reluctant to flower. I sowed the seed in 1999 so it's a big plant now...

Wow!

Toumeya papyracantha IMG_1394.JPG A very old plant of Eriocyce napina IMG_1388.JPG There's a plant under there somewhere Rebutia narvaecensis IMG_1387.JPG A seedling Lobivia famatimensis IMG_1392.JPG One of my various colour forms of Sulcorebutia krugeri IMG_1393.JPG Its hard to think of a jollier ...

This plant surprised me by flowering at only 2 years old from seed: Mammillaria longiflora IMG_1384.JPG I like to line out seedlings in trays until they have all flowered, to pick the best to keep: here are Rebutia kupperiana and a single flower on R. padcayensis IMG_1385.JPG This plant has lots of ...

O. basilaris ssp. basilaris grows new pads from the base rather than the apex of the pads, so you end up with a rather wide sprawling plants, (unless you grow the ssp brachyclados in which case it grows upwards and sprawls out too), so what you are seeing is the natural growth form. Mine is in a hu...

A flower bud


A new pad

Definitely not buds. Buds are easily differentiated from young shoots as the former are circular in cross section and have a distinct crown of glochids like a pixie hat. I will post a couple of pictures of my plant in a bit. I think your plant will have to be considerably older and larger before it ...

I grew it as a houseplant when I lived in North Wales [emoji15] It was evicted to a cold frame in the back garden at flowering time, even so you could smell it as you came up to the house. The scent is indescribable, although Ralph’s description is not bad!


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